Open AccessHomozygousβ thalassaemia in Egypt
Author(s) -
HABIB ZACHARIAS
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1981.tb01422.x
Subject(s) - biology , beta thalassaemia , thalassemia , genetics
A proposita with severe homozygousβ thalassaemia and a propositus with a milder condition, both born in Egypt of Egyptian parents, are reported. The presence of thalassaemia intermedia in the propositus is a possibility. At least one of 6,038 newborns in Egypt is homozygous forβ thalassaemia.